US Open Tennis 2016 Results: Scores, Highlights from Early Tuesday Results

The 2016 U.S. Open has entered the home stretch with the men’s and women’s quarterfinals beginning on Tuesday. 

Through the tournament’s first week, the top two seeds on the men’s and women’s side remain alive. Caroline Wozniacki, who entered the U.S. Open unranked, against Anastasija Sevastova highlights the evening session for the women.

Novak Djokovic takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the main event for the men on Tuesday. Before getting to those matches, here’s a look at how things shook out for the early quarterfinal matchups:

Angelique Kerber def. Roberta Vinci (7-5, 6-0)

One year after reaching the U.S. Open final, which included an upset over Serena Williams in the semifinals, Roberta Vinci was picked apart by Angelique Kerber in straight sets. 

Kerber started sloppy in the first set, hitting 22 unforced errors, and found herself in a 5-4 hole. The No. 2 seed responded to this adversity by winning the final three games to steal the opening set that included this short rally to put her up 40-0 in the last game:

Down, not out: @AngeliqueKerber wins three games in a row to take the opener vs. #Vinci, 7-5. #usopen @MBUSA https://t.co/CguQohxazo

— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 6, 2016

Things would completely unravel for Vinci late in the first set and never got better. She hit 13 unforced errors, zero aces, one double-fault and only five of her 20 first serves landed inbounds. 

Vinci lost the first set thanks to a foot-fault on her second serve as she was trailing love-40. This was a collapse of epic proportions for the Italian, taking nothing away …

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